UNSC Resolution Condemning Iran’s Gulf Attacks, Tehran Hits Back

sajadi Editor : Widi - Thursday, 12 March 2026 - 10:45 WIB

Thursday, 12 March 2026 - 10:45 WIB

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New York, MINA – The United Nations Security Council adopted a draft resolution on Wednesday condemning Iran’s attacks on Gulf countries and Jordan, demanding that Tehran immediately halt hostilities, with 13 members voting in favor and two abstentions, according to Al Jazeera.

The resolution, sponsored by the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and cosponsored by an unprecedented 135 other UN member states, marks a significant diplomatic rebuke to Iran amid the ongoing US-Israeli war on the country.

No countries voted against the draft. Both China and Russia abstained but notably decided not to use their veto power to block the resolution.

“We believe that this is the largest number of countries ever to cosponsor a Security Council draft resolution,” Al Jazeera’s Gabriel Elizondo reported from UN headquarters in New York.

The resolution condemns Iran’s attacks, demands an immediate halt to hostilities, and deplores Tehran’s targeting of infrastructure such as ports and energy facilities in the Gulf region.

After the vote, Iran’s UN Ambassador Amir-Saeid Iravani addressed the Council, expressing his “profound regret” at the adoption of the resolution.

“This is a deeply regrettable day for the Security Council and for the international community. Today’s adoption is a serious setback to the Council’s credibility and leaves a lasting stain on its record,” Iravani said.

“Today’s action represents a blatant misuse of the Security Council mandate,” he said, blasting the United States for its “barbaric war against the Iranian people” and for starting the conflict, including killing Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.

Iravani accused the US and Israel of being behind the resolution and said more than 1,348 civilians have been killed and more than 17,000 injured since the US and Israel launched their attack on February 28, including the “massacre of 170 schoolgirls in Minab.” More than 19,000 civilian sites, including residential homes and hospitals, have also been damaged, he added.

Russia’s ambassador to the UN, Vassily Nebenzia, said his country abstained from the vote “because it was extremely unbalanced” and would not fulfill the purpose “of meeting international peace and security.”

“We regret the situation that Middle Eastern countries find themselves in. Moreover, we think it unacceptable to strike civilian infrastructure of Arab states in the Gulf,” Nebenzia said.

China’s ambassador to the UN, Zhang Jun, told the council that the conflict had “neither legitimacy nor legal basis” and the US and Israel must cease their attacks to prevent further deterioration of the regional situation.

The UNSC also voted, but failed to pass, a draft resolution put forward by Moscow on Wednesday that called on all sides to cease military action in the Middle East.[]

Mi’raj News Agency (MINA)